Legging.



M. RSENWASSER.

LEGGNG.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 2s. 1910.

9?@25 i'ateltef Dec. 27, 1910.

' SATES Arum oFFicE.

MORRIS ItOSZE1\TWASSIE1'\`- OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LEGGING'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lTo all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MORRIS RosnNwAssER, residing at New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented certain new andl usefulImprovements in Leggings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in leggings, and one of theobjects thereof is to produce a legging of improved construction as tothe fastening devices employed, whereby the application of the same tothe leg is facilitated, a neater t and appearance made possible, and atthe same time ultimate fastening made at a single point.

Another object is to provide in a legging a single fastening memberrunning from end to end of the legging, but which acts to keep the edgesof the legging in overlapped relation and without buckling' or bulging.

A further object is to provide a fastening means of the character'described which is substantially invisible when the legging is in lace.v

nother object is to furnish a legging with means whereby it may bepositively held in proper relation to the foot when in place.

Other objects and aims of the invention,

and the advantages inherent, will be in part obvious 'and in partspecifically referred to in the course. of the following description.The invention consists of the elements, combinations and arrangements ofparts, all as willv be hereinafter fully set forth, and the scope ofprotection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claim;

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of thisspecification, and in which I have illustrated merely preferred forms ofembodiment of the invention; Figure 1 is au elevation of a leggingembodying my invention, showing the flaps in closed relation; Ifig. 2 isa similar view taken on the line i-.4f of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a brokensectional detail illustrating the means for securing the legging' to theshoe.

' Referring to the numerals on the drawing, and particularly to Fig. l,a legging of any preferred material is indicated at'l, adapted to beplaced about the leg, and having preferably overlapping portions 3 and4, Whose edges are stillened as y means of metal strips indicated at 5,suitably covered and held inv position bythe material of the flaps. Asshown in Fig. 1, a lace or the like 6 is secured to the inner iapadjacent its lower end. The lace may be passed from the outside of theHap throu h an eye 7 eX'- tending through the tlap an the stiifeningPatented Dec. 27, 1910.

member 5, and knotted on the inside of the 6o flap; or it may bepositively secured in any preferred manner. Another eye 8, is providedin the outer tlap adjacent the lower end thereof which also passesthrough the flap and its stitfcning m which the lace passes to the 1side of said flap. From eye 8 the lace is 'passed upwardly on the insideof the outer flap to an eye 12, through which it emerges tothe outsideof the outer flap. across the edge of the outer flap and en` ber,through 65 Thence the lace passes gages an eye 13 upon the outside ofthe\inner Hap. The free end of the lace may then, be secured in anysuitable manner, `as indicated in the drawing.

It will be evident that with the arrangement described a neat ft of thelegging is assured, the lower ends of the flaps may be always heldinsubstanially closed relation,

ready for the insertion of the footgvthe engagement of the lace with theeyes and with the metallic stiifening members prevents any buckling orbulging of the flaps intermediate their ends when the lace is drawn tautand secured; the flaps are drawn together uniformly throughout theirlength by a pull upon the free end of the lace; and the lace isconcealed between the edges of the iiaps.

Referring now to Fig. 3, 14 indicates,.

the upper rear partof a shoe, which carries the stud 15 of anordinary-snap glove-fas tener, the cooperating member 16 bein car-A riedupon the inner surface of the glower rear portion of a legging'. Members15 and 16 are locked together' when the legging is 95 in position,thereby holding it in proper relation to the foot, without any danger ofcreeping up, and without the use ofa stirrup."

It is believed that the use of the legging is sutliciently clear fromthe detailed description of parts set out above, and further eX-`planation thereof is accordingly omitted.

It will be understood that materials, sizes, and relativities of partsare unimportant, except as called for in the claim.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A legging having overlapping flaps, me-

tallic stittening members suitably covered and secured at the edges ofsaid flaps, an

eye extending through the outer flap and

